Valerie Richardson

Transgender wrestler drops out of state finals as prosecutors weigh charges in alleged assault

A biological boy who identifies as a girl dropped out of the Washington high school wrestling state finals as prosecutors decide whether to bring charges against the student for allegedly sexually assaulting an opponent during a prior match.

February 18, 2026

Pro-life group says abortion-pill reversal saved 8,000 pregnancies

Democrats insist that it's impossible to reverse the abortion-pill process, but pro-life advocates say the thing that never happens has now happened more than 8,000 times.

February 18, 2026

Palantir to leave Denver for Miami after months of anti-ICE protests, vandalism

Palantir Technologies, the global data-mining giant, said Tuesday that it will relocate its headquarters from Denver to Miami, joining the wave of tech firms fleeing blue states for South Florida's friendlier business habitat.

February 17, 2026

Feds investigate charge transgender athlete sexually assaulted opponent in girls’ wrestling match

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations that a transgender wrestler tried to sexually assault a female rival during a girls' high school wrestling match in Puyallup, Washington.

February 16, 2026

Hawaii accused of favoring transgender students over girls in federal complaint

Male-born transgender students in Hawaii are expressly permitted to use female restrooms and locker rooms, and if that makes girls uncomfortable, it's up to them to find an alternative. Not the transgender students -- the girls.

February 12, 2026

U.S. universities awash in foreign funding from Qatar, China, Saudi Arabia

U.S. universities have received tens of billions of dollars in the past four decades from foreign governments and entities, not all of them friendly.

February 11, 2026

Campus antisemitism driven by faculty at University of California campuses, report finds

The pro-Palestinian student protesters who swarmed college campuses, erected pro-Gaza encampments and terrorized Jewish students for two years had plenty of support -- from university professors.

February 11, 2026

Turning Point’s Super Bowl halftime show defies naysayers by putting up ‘huge numbers’

Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show blew past expectations, drawing at least 10 million live views on streaming platforms as fans tuned in Sunday to watch the alternative to the NFL's Super Bowl extravaganza.

February 10, 2026

National Nurses United posts ‘terrifying’ graphic of health care worker stomping ‘ICE’

The nation's largest nurses union is being accused of stoking radicalism over a poster pledging to "crush ICE" that shows a health care worker's Crocs shoe trampling on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement acronym.

February 10, 2026

IOC pressured to rescind boxer’s women’s gold medal after male chromosome disclosure

Calls for the International Olympic Committee to revoke a sex-disputed boxer's gold medal resurfaced after the athlete acknowledged carrying a gene found in biological males and undergoing treatment to reduce testosterone.

February 9, 2026

Female skier who identifies as male to compete against women at Olympics

An openly transgender athlete will be competing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, but don't expect any protests from advocates of single-sex women's sports.

February 8, 2026

Super Bowl becomes a battle of the halftime shows between Bad Bunny and Kid Rock

If the Super Bowl matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots winds up being a snoozer, take heart: There's always the halftime showdown.

February 6, 2026

‘Do not call me cisgender’: Rep. Hageman draws cheers online for rejecting ‘made-up word’

Rep. Harriet Hageman struck a nerve when she declared that she doesn't want to be referred to as a "cisgender woman."

February 5, 2026

Nike hit with federal employment probe into allegations of anti-White discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced an investigation Wednesday into allegations that Nike discriminated against White employees and applicants in pursuit of the company's diversity targets.

February 4, 2026

J.D. Vance dogged by calls to denounce Tucker Carlson

The same Tucker Carlson conundrum that devastated The Heritage Foundation is looming over the presidential prospects of Vice President J.D. Vance.

February 4, 2026

Washington Post lays off one-third of workforce, closes sports and books departments

The embattled Washington Post began slashing newsroom staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports department and shrinking its local and international desks amid a sharp loss of subscribers under billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

February 4, 2026

Jury awards $2 million to detransitioner in first malpractice trial over ‘gender-affirming care’

A woman who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16 as part of a gender transition has won $2 million in damages against her medical providers, a groundbreaking verdict that bodes ill for the billion-dollar "gender-affirming care" business.

February 2, 2026

‘Melania’ documentary delights audiences, foils naysayers with successful opening weekend

"Melania" blew past expectations in its debut, opening to the strongest ticket sales for a documentary in a decade and reaping rave reviews from moviegoers despite scathing takes from critics.

February 1, 2026

Babylon Bee scores free-speech win as judge rejects Hawaii’s ban on election deepfakes

A federal judge has struck down a Hawaii law banning "materially deceptive" media and advertising in state elections, handing another First Amendment victory to the Babylon Bee.

January 31, 2026

Gay marriage back on the table as conservatives launch campaign to nix Obergefell

A decade after the Supreme Court made gay marriage the law of the land, momentum is building on the right to reestablish the traditional definition of matrimony in the name of prioritizing children over adults.

January 30, 2026